That New Bus was the hit of the last Detroit Auto Show, which is why we're hearing that just like the New Beetle, it's going into production. I think. The trade publications I get hint that way at least. They say that it's getting a nose job because the front end looks too much like a face. I believe that although it looks small because of its rather 'cute' look, it's about as big as the current EuroVan, only with rounded corners. For the US, it's likely to get a potent V6 gas engine only. To tell you the truth, I think it looks more like a Toyota Previa with a VW emblem...

In the meantime, I'll stick with my 45mpg turbodiesel Golf -- which is easy to load a kayak onto...

Dean

: Oh lord, it's a vanagon crossed with a Pontiac Aztec. Ok, only if it has a
: Mercedes turbo-diesel engine or hybrid gas/electric engine. But how tall
: is it? I'd have to have some kind of wood strip articulated kayak loading
: rack.